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What to Do When No One Shows Up To Your Reading

What to Do When No One Shows Up To Your Reading

Matthew Norman on the embarrassment of confronting an empty room

By Matthew Norman | May 31, 2016

On the Pleasures of Plot, and Writing a Bestseller

On the Pleasures of Plot, and Writing a Bestseller

Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Almost Gave Up on Writing

By Brian Gresko | May 27, 2016

The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

Mensah Demary on the Album as Novel

By Mensah Demary | May 27, 2016

To Break the Story, You Must Break the Status Quo

To Break the Story, You Must Break the Status Quo

Rebecca Solnit on Why Journalists Need to Cause Trouble

By Rebecca Solnit | May 26, 2016

When a Novelist Becomes an Ultramarathoner

When a Novelist Becomes an Ultramarathoner

Ashley Ream on the Lessons of Endurance

By Ashley Ream | May 26, 2016

Adapting the Tibetan Book of the Dead: On <em>Bardo or not Bardo</em>

Adapting the Tibetan Book of the Dead: On Bardo or not Bardo

Ghosts, Prisons, and An Intermediary Void

By J.T. Mahany | May 25, 2016

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How to Write Fully-Formed Characters in Fiction

By Malcolm Mackay | May 25, 2016

The Suicide Memoir: True Crime, Mystery, and Grief

By Candace Opper | May 20, 2016

Reading the Literary City

By Tobias Carroll | May 20, 2016

Robin Wasserman: Respect the Power of the Teenage Girl

Robin Wasserman: Respect the Power of the Teenage Girl

On Making the Jump from YA to Adult

By Jason Diamond | May 19, 2016

The Wilds of Montana Might Be the Scariest Character of All

The Wilds of Montana Might Be the Scariest Character of All

How London-Based Mystery Writer Karin Salvalaggio Writes Herself Back Home

By Antonia Malchik | May 19, 2016

How to Write Deep in the Woods with a Dog By Your Side

How to Write Deep in the Woods with a Dog By Your Side

Lee Clay Johnson Finds a Post-MFA Writer's Paradise

By Lee Clay Johnson | May 16, 2016

Am I a Character in This Doris Lessing Novel?

Am I a Character in This Doris Lessing Novel?

Jenny Diski on the Ethics of Novelizing Autobiography

By Jenny Diski | May 16, 2016

I Am Jessa Crispin’s Problem with Publishing

I Am Jessa Crispin’s Problem with Publishing

Bethanne Patrick on Careerism, Criticism, and a Life in Books

By Bethanne Patrick | May 13, 2016

How My Best Friend Willa Cather Helped Me Beat Stage Fright

How My Best Friend Willa Cather Helped Me Beat Stage Fright

On Breaking Into Giant Lecture Halls and Looking For Ghosts

By Micah Perks | May 13, 2016

Eight Writing Lessons from <em>Hamilton: The Revolution</em>

Eight Writing Lessons from Hamilton: The Revolution

The Companion Book to Hamilton Offers a Master Class in Craft

By Rob Hart | May 13, 2016

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